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'Gunshots & Screaming at Capitol': Onion Tweets Spark Panic

The Onion: #CongressHostage Tweets Taken Too Seriously It's not unusual for readers to mistake The Onion's stories for actual news stories, which is an endless source of entertainment for those who can parse satire...

created by NowPublic Staff | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago
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Planned Parenthood Abortionplex: The Onion is a Satire Site

Planned Parenthood Abortionplex Is Not Real. It's Satire. If you're pro-life and you heard about Planned Parenthood's Abortionplex, settle down. It's not real. Remember, The Onion is a satire site. That means that...

created by NowPublic Staff | 38 wks ago
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The Onion News: 'Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere' (Video)

"Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere": The Onion News Network The Onion is featuring an item titled Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere, which breaks down the anatomy of a time-filler newscast. This video makes the perfect companion for Charlie Brooker's earlier video: ...

opinion by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago
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Canwest's War on Satire

On 6-7, evil-doing satirists spoofed one of Canwest Global's shining towers of truth -- the Vancouver Sun newspaper. Canwest, Canada's largest media company, has launched a Global War on Satire to ensure that...

created by freexero | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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The Onion's Shawn Johnson is dead video circulating on the web

The Onion, famous for their fake news, has made a video claiming that Shawn Johnson, the Olympic gymnast and Dancing with the Stars champion, is dead and had to be put to sleep after breaking her leg; the video is now starting to circulate on the web. "The Onion -- harbinger...

created by Amy Judd | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Jarrett Martineau

Webby Award Winners: Teh Internets Finezt?

The 12th Annual Webby Award winners have been announced and the internet's most webtastic winners include: the formidable, satire-free news institution The New York Times, the satirical news site The Onion,...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Diebold already rigged election for McCain!

Satire: Onion News Network reports '08 elections results accidentally released. Said one "voter" on the street, "If you can't trust your shadowy overlords to keep a secret, what is the purpose really of voting?"

created by Bluto Blutarsky | 3 years ago
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FINALLY, CLOSURE ON THE SOPRANOS (The Onion)

Maireid Sullivan

FINALLY, CLOSURE ON THE SOPRANOS (The Onion)

Brilliant satire from the Onion!FINALLY, CLOSURE ON THE SOPRANOS "I had to tie up the loose ends, I just had to, I'm positive this is exactly how [creator and executive producer]...

created by Maireid Sullivan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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The Onion Brings Fake News to Web Video

The Onion News Network launches tomorrow, and its fearless leader is promising that fans who want to share the video won't face the same harrassment that awaits YouTubers who post stuff owned by Viacom.This...

created by Actual News Geezer | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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What It Takes To Be A Talking Head On The BBC These Days

"The Onion loves to mock man in the street interviews that the media enjoys. If you ever watch the local news, interviewing cab drivers seems to be popular. However, what about so called "experts" on TV news? It would appear that the BBC mistook a cab driver for an...